Gladesville-Hornsby Football Association

Welcome to the Gladesville-Hornsby Football Association page! GHFA is a non-profit organisation giving all people the chance to play football.

GHFA is responsible for the management & promotion of football in the north west of Sydney, overseeing 30 clubs and over 12,500 members. The association caters for the football needs of both males and females. Age groups range from Under 6s to All Age, Premier League and the West Pennant Hills/Cherrybrook FC run a Special Needs program.

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Location

Macquarie Park

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Telephone

02 9887 2116

Website

http://www.ghfa.com.au

Address

Christie Park, Christie Rd
Macquarie Park, NSW
2113

General information

In 1952 Herb & Keith Gilmour recruited interested boys from the Epping Public School and West Epping Public School, standing outside these schools and distributing pamphlets to interested boys to take home to their parents. The notes invited the parents of children interested in playing soccer to attend a meeting at the home of Herb Gilmour one midweek evening. Subsequently, about 8 boys aged between nine and twelve assembled at Epping Oval for the first training session on a midweek afternoon in March 1953. Within a couple of weeks sufficient boys had shown interest to make up a team.

The team was named “Epping” and this club later developed to become the Epping Eastwood Football Club we know today.

Whilst this was only one team, the Hornsby-Epping Soccer Football Association had been born.

In 1956 the Association changed its name to Northern District Football Association to accommodate the teams joining from beyond the geographical boundaries of Hornsby to Epping. The growth was so rapid to the south that in 1959 it was necessary to again change the name to Gladesville - Hornsby Football Association.

Since those early days, the Association has grown to its current 30 clubs and over 12,500 members, and has incorporated a representative club, GHFA Spirit FC.